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Cubist Art

CUBIST STYLE

Inspired by the nontraditional ways Postimpressionists like Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat depicted the world, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered an even more abstract style in which reality was fragmented into flat, geometric forms. Cubism majorly influenced 20th-century Western art as it radically broke with the adherence to composition and linear perspectives that dated back to the Renaissance. Its watershed moments are considered Picasso’s 1907 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, in which nude figures are fractured into angular shapes, and Georges Braque’s 1908 painting show, which prompted a critic to describe his visual reductions as “cubes.”

Although Cubism was a revolutionary art movement for European culture, it was informed by African masks and other tribal art. Its artists, which included Fernand Léger, Alexander Archipenko, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Jean Metzinger, experimented with compressing space and playing with the tension between solid and void forms in their work. While their subjects were often conventional, such as still lifes, nudes and landscapes, they were distorted without any illusion of realism.

Cubist art evolved through different distinct phases. In Analytic Cubism, from 1908 to 1912, figures or objects were “analyzed” into pieces that were reassembled in paintings and sculptures, as if presenting the same subject matter from many perspectives at once. The palette was usually monochromatic and muted, giving attention to the overlapping planes. Synthetic Cubism, dating from 1912 to 1914, moved to brighter colors and a further flattening of images. This unmooring from formal ideas of art would shape numerous styles that followed, from Dada to Surrealism.

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Style: Cubist
Color:  Red
Biomorphic Cubist Painting, "The Origin of Desire"
Located in San Diego, CA
One of a kind biomorphic cubist painting by local San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. It's dimensions are 25.25 x 25.25 x 2.5 in. A certificate of authenticity will follow deliver...
Category

2010s Cubist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

1974 After Pablo Picasso 'Tapestries at Pace'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 18.75 x 19 inches ( 47.625 x 48.26 cm ) Image Size: 18 x 18.25 inches ( 45.72 x 46.355 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Published by Pace Post...
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1970s Cubist Art

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Lithograph

Contemporary Cubist Abstract Portrait, "Bellic"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract cubist portrait by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 20"x20"x1.5". It is unframed. This style could be best describ...
Category

2010s Cubist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Figurative Biomorphic Cubist Painting Titled, "Stepmother Nature"
Located in San Diego, CA
One of a kind biomorphic cubist painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. This painting is acrylic on canvas. A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery. This style...
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2010s Cubist Art

Materials

Acrylic

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Find a wide variety of authentic Cubist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Pablo Picasso, (after) Pablo Picasso, Borja Guijarro, and Corne Akkers. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Lithograph and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Cubist art, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $265,000, while the average work sells for $2,400.

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